'By Allah I Swear,' Anwar Usman-Saldi Isra Changed To Say The Oath Of The Chief Justices Of The Constitutional Court Witnessed By Jokowi

Constitutional Justice Anwar Usman (right) and Constitutional Justice Saldi Isra while attending the Special Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court (MK)/ANTARA

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo witnessed firsthand the oath of chairman and deputy chairman of the Constitutional Court for the term of 2023-2028 which was held through a special plenary session in the Plenary Session Room of Building I MK, Jakarta, Monday, March 20. The trial was held after the election of Constitutional Justices Anwar Usman and Saldi Isra as Chair and Deputy Chair of the Constitutional Court for the term of 2023-2028 through a vote in a plenary meeting of judges opened to the public on Wednesday last week. "By Allah, I swear that I will fulfill the obligations of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court as well as possible and fairly as possible, uphold the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, and carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible according to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, and serve the homeland and nation," said Anwar Usman as Chairman of the Constitutional Court. 2023-2028 quoted from Antara. After signing the minutes by Anwar, Saldi Isra took turns taking the oath of office of Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court 2023-2028. "By Allah, I swear that I will fulfill the obligations of the Deputy Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court as well as possible and fairly as possible, uphold the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, and carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible according to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, and serve the homeland and nation," said Saldi. The selection of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court 2023-2028 was attended by nine constitutional judges through three rounds of voting. In the third round of the vote, Anwar received five votes ahead of Arief Hidayat who received four votes. Meanwhile, in the results of the voting, Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court 2023-2028, Saldi received five votes, ahead of Daniel Yusmic who got three votes, and one constitutional judge decided to abstain. Also present at the Special Plenary Session for Taking the Oath of the Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the Constitutional Court 2023-2028 were Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly, Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency Hadi Nur Tjahjanto, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, and Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung. Also present were Chairman of the General Election Commission Hasyim As'ari, Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Firli Bahuri, Head of the National Counterterrorism Agency Boy Rafli Amar, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly Hidayat Nur Wahid and Arsul Sani, member of Commission VI DPR RI Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, member of Commission III DPR RI Aboe Bakar Al Habsyi, and younger brother of President Jokowi as well as wife of the Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court 2023-2028, Idayati.